Mexican Chicken Mac Casserole
This Mexican chicken mac casserole is the perfect mealtime solution for busy moms! No need to fear what's for dinner anymore with this amazing dish!
Ingredients
- 2 Horizon Organic Classic Mac 6 oz box
- 1 Premium Canned Chicken 12.5 oz
- 4 cups cold water
- 1 tbsp Horizon Organic Unsalted Butter
- 1/2 onion diced
- 1/3 cup red bell pepper diced
- 1 tbsp jalapeno finely diced and seeded
- 2 tsp Slap Ya Mama Cajun Seasoning
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- 1 1/2 Horizon Organic Half & Half pint
- 1 package Horizon Organic Mexican Shredded Cheese 6 oz
Crust:
- 2 cups Horizon Cheddar Snack Crackers
- 4 tbsp Horizon Organic Unsalted Butter melted
Instructions
- Pour Horizon Organic Classic Mac into a skillet with cold water and butter.
- Cook on medium heat until pasta is fully cooked. This process should take approximately 8-10 minutes from start to finish.
- While the pasta is cooking, open the canned chicken and dice it up on a cutting board.
- Once the pasta has started to boil, add onion, red bell pepper and jalapeno.
- As soon as the pasta has finished cooking, add chicken, Slap Ya Mama Cajun Seasoning, salt and pepper and mix together well.
- After you have mixed the pasta, chicken and seasoning together well, add Horizon Organic Half & Half along with 1/2 of the Horizon Organic Mexican Shredded Cheese and mix together well again.
- Add Horizon Cheddar Snack Crackers into a ziploc bag and crush them up into tiny pieces. Then add in the melted unsalted butter. Reserve approximately 1/2 cup to use as a garnishment on top of your casserole.
- In a 9x13 casserole dish, add crushed Horizon Cheddar Snack Crackers & Unsalted Butter forming a crust on the bottom.
- Next, pour the chicken macaroni over your crust.
- Top with remaining cheese and crust mixture.
- Bake for 10 minutes at 350 degrees.
Notes
**The key to keeping your pasta from sticking together is to use COLD WATER when you start the process of cooking your pasta in a skillet. This process of cooking pasta will take about half the normal cooking time off and you will have perfect pasta every time.**